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Salt Production in the Philippines

Requested from PSA by D. None at 10:01 PM on Sep 25, 2023.
Purpose: For Thesis purposes
Date of Coverage: 09/17/2010 - 09/17/2023
Tracking no: #PSA-086601585428

None 10:01 PM, Sep 25, 2023 

I would like to request pertinent data or information relating to my Thesis Proposal entitled “Preserving Salt Industry through Commercial Complex” 
1. List of places in the Philippines that produces salt. 
2. Number of salt farmers in the country.
3. List of salt farms in every region and the amount of salt that they produce.
4. Percentage of local salt production and importation of foreign salt in the year 1990 until the most recent year.
5. Data about salt exportation of the Philippines.
Other info. inline in the topic and assistance extended in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Nisperos 09:52 AM, Dec 01, 2023 

December 1, 2023

Dear Dale None,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Sep 25, 2023 10:01:44 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

You asked for Salt Production in the Philippines.

Your FOI request is approved.

Our apologies for the delayed response. 

In response to your data request, our data on this is limited to the following: 

For Trade data, you may refer to our Domestic Trade Statistics in the Philippines: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/annual-domestic-trade https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/annual-domestic-trade/stat-tables 

Philippine Export and Import Statistics: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/annual-foreign-trade 
Statistical Tables: https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/annual-foreign-trade/stat-tables 
https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/foreign-trade 

Publications on Foreign Trade Statistics: https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl%3Dse%2Cphr%3A%22FTS+-+Foreign+Trade+Statistics.%22&sort_by=pubdate_dsc&addto=Add+to... 

Commodity Flow in the Philippines (CFP): https://library.psa.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=ccl%3Dse%2Cphr%3A%22Commodity+Flow+in+the+Philippines+%28CFP%29.%22&sort_by=pubdate_dsc&addto=Add+to... 

2019 Philippine Standard Commodity Classification (PSCC): https://psa.gov.ph/system/files?file=scd/files%20%283%29.pdf
https://psa.gov.ph/classification/pscc

25.01 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anticaking or free-flowing agents; sea water

OpenSTAT: Domestic Trade Statistics (Domstat): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/Domestic-Trade-Statistics-Domstat 

Annual Commodity Flow in the Philippines: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2L__DTR__AN/?tablelist=true 

Quarterly Trade in the Philippines: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2L__DTR__QT/?tablelist=true 

International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS): https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/International-Merchandise-Trade-Statistics-IMTS 

Philippine Total Trade, Imports, Exports, and Balance of Trade in Goods by Month and Year: 1991-2023P: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2L__IMT__SUM/0012L4DFTS0.px/?rxid=bdf9d8da-96f1-4100-ae09-18cb3eaeb313 

Philippine Exports and Imports by Commodity Groups: https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__2L__IMT__PCG/?tablelist=true&rxid=bdf9d8da-96f1-4100-ae09-18cb3eaeb313

For more specific data on this, you may coordinate with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources: https://www.bfar.da.gov.ph/

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Thank you.

Respectfully,

Rene C. Mendoza
(Assistant National Statistician)
Officer-in-Charge
Information Technology and Dissemination Service

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